RSS FeedI’ve tried uploading stuff to my site both through bluehost and ms publisher and when I try to go to the site, I just get a forbidden 403 error.
I’ve registered my domain with domain.com and I’ve set up webhosting through bluehost.com. What now?
December 5th, 2009 
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If hosting your site on a linux server (more common than windows servers), all files are case sEnSiTiVe so
http://www.yoursite.com/my_Files.html is not the same as
http://www.yoursite.com/my_files.html
Also check the permissions of the files (usually right click in your FTP program), you’ll need a 644 for files you would like accessible to the internet. more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_permissions#Basic_Permissions
You are either trying to view a file that you do not have permission to view or you are trying to view the contents of a directory that you do not have permission to view. When you use a web browser, unless you login to the server with it through some means, the host will treat you as a guest. Guests have very few permissions for security reasons. I suspect you simply need to you need to put an index.html file in the directory you the browser is trying to view or give users permission to view the pages. However, be very careful on what permissions you give because careless security is what allows sites to get hacked. If you do not know how to change the security settings, or you do change the security settings and that is not the problem, contact your host. Try putting an index.html file in the directory first because it might look for that and if it is not there, try to display the contents of the directory without permission to do so.
make sure you have the right url. if you just type in http://www.mysite.com instead of http://www.mysite.com/pics/image.jpg it will send you to an error unless you have a index.htm file hosted
This indicates a fundamental access problem, which may be difficult to resolve because the HTTP protocol allows the Web server to give this response without providing any reason at all. So the 403 error is equivalent to a blanket ‘NO’ by your Web server – with no further discussion allowed.
By far the most common reason for this error is that directory browsing is forbidden for the Web site. Most Web sites want you to navigate using the URLs in the Web pages for that site. They do not often allow you to browse the file directory structure of the site. For example try the following URL (then hit the ‘Back’ button in your browser to return to this page):